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undergo

Pronunciation: /ˌʌndɚˈɡoʊ/

The English word “undergo” has 3 meanings listed here.

verb

  1. To experience; to pass through a phase.
  2. To suffer or endure; bear with.
  3. To go or move under or beneath.

Etymology

From Middle English undergon, from Old English undergān (“to undergo, undermine, ruin”), equivalent to under- + go. Cognate with Dutch ondergaan (“to undergo, perish, sink”), German untergehen (“to perish, sink, undergo”), Swedish undergå (“to undergo, go through”).

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